Katarina Waters
Katarina Waters[2] (born 10 November 1980)[7] is a German-born English professional wrestler and valet that currently wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name, Winter.[2] She is best known from World Wrestling Entertainment, wrestling on its Raw brand with the ring name Katie Lea.[3]
| Katarina Waters | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Ring name(s) | Beautiful Nightmare[1] Kat[2] Katie Lea[3] Katie Lea Burchill[4] Kat La Noir[5] Nikita[6] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[6] |
| Billed weight | 140 lb (64 kg)[6] |
| Born | 10 November 1980[7] Lüneburg, West Germany[7] Raised in London, England[6] |
| Billed from | Chelsea, England[3] |
| Trained by | Jon Ryan[2] Mark Sloan[2] Alex Shane[2] Ohio Valley Wrestling |
| Debut | February 2000[8] |
Career
Before signing with WWE, she spent many years on the independent circuit, particularly in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, where she used the ring name Nikita. After signing with WWE, she competed in Ohio Valley Wrestling, where she became a two time Women's Champion[9] before being called up to the main roster.
Wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Hair-pull backbreaker[10] – WWE
- Kat Nip (Inverted facelock neckbreaker)[11] – independent circuit
- Side slam backbreaker[8] – independent circuit
- Signature moves
- Managers
- Wrestlers managed
- Hade Vansen[6]
- Paul Burchill / The Ripper[3]
- Nicknames
- Entrance themes
Championships and accomplishments
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked her #20 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2009[15]
- Queens of Chaos
- Trans-Atlantic Wrestling
- TWC Women's Championship (1 time)[6]
Katarina Waters Media
Waters (in black) wrestling Maryse at the WrestleMania XXV event in April 2009
Waters (left) posing in the ring alongside Angelina Love during a TNA live event in 2010
Waters during an TNA live event in March 2011
Waters is a one-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion
References
- ↑ Caldwell, James (8 December 2009). "ECW TV Report 12/8: In-person live report on Christian & Yoshi & Shelton vs. Team Regal, Archer vs. Dreamer". PWTorch. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 The LilsBoys (16 June 2006). "Kat to be cream of WWE". The Sun. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Katie Lea Bio". WWE. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ↑ Adkins, Greg (11 February 2008). "Twice Bitten". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- ↑ Gerweck, Steve (7 July 2010). "News on Katie Lea, Kong, Dutt, and more". WrestleView. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 "Nikita of GLORY Wrestling". GLORY Wrestling. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Katie Lea Waters Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Shimmer Roster". Shimmer Women Athletes. Visuex. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ↑ "Ohio Valley Wrestling Womens' Title History". Solie's Title History. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
- ↑ Bishop, Matt (6 January 2009). "ECW: Hardy, Swagger on collision course". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 17 June 2009.[dead link]
- ↑ "Katie Lea's Online World of Wrestling profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Plummer, Dale (5 August 2008). "Raw: Rivalry grows between new tag champs". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 17 May 2009.[dead link]
- ↑ "WWE Tunes". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ↑ "OVW Title Histories". Ohio Valley Wrestling. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ↑ Martin, Adam (11 September 2009). "PWI Top 50 Female Wrestlers list". WrestleView. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
- ↑ "Queens of Chaos Tournament 1". Queens of Chaos. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.